California’s caste-discrimination bill SB 403 passes Judiciary Committee with an 8-0 vote

Protests, petitions, and meetings with lawmakers did not stop the California Senate Judiciary Committee to vote ‘Yes’ to SB 403: Discrimination on the Basis of Caste, which passed the committee with a resounding 8-0 vote on April 25. SB 403 or State Bill 403 is a piece of legislation introduced to make the state free of caste-based discrimination. If signed into law, California will become the first state in America to make caste bias illegal by adding it as a protected category in the state’s anti-discrimination laws.

The puppeteer and the puppets

The national aim of India ( and by India I mean India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, since I regard them one country, only temporarily separated ) must be to abolish poverty, hunger, unemployment, lack of proper healthcare and good education for our masses, etc, and make our country highly industrialized and highly prosperous, with our people enjoying a high standard of living and decent lives.

COP 27: Future Forward

The Climate Summit held earlier this year in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt posed more questions than answers to the calls for a viable approach towards reducing global warming, among others. Even as rhetoric ruled the roost, time-tried and tired echo chambers resonated with similar panels, same evocations, misplaced media moments, and righteous indignation from the elite to the exploited.

Airtel and Meta join forces to accelerate India’s digital ecosystem

Bharti Airtel, India’s premier digital communications solutions provider, and Meta Platforms, Inc. have decided to collaborate and support the growth of India’s digital ecosystem. Airtel and Meta jointly announced that the companies will jointly invest in global connectivity infrastructure and CCPaaS-based, new-age digital solutions to support the emerging requirements of customers and enterprises in India.